Home Literature Study & Quiz: Literature definitions 4 LiteratureQuizzes Study & Quiz: Literature definitions 4 By Bahaa Shammala - March 11, 2021 478 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsApp Results Perfect, you did it! Don’t Give Up #1. a scene, or an incident that happened before the beginning of a story, or at an earlier point in the narrative. Figurative Language Figurative Language Flashback Flashback Foreshadowing Foreshadowing Foil Foil #2. a contrast between appearance and actuality Irony Irony Hyperbole Hyperbole Imagery Imagery Foreshadowing Foreshadowing #3. a figure of speech in which a comparison or analogy is made between two seemingly unlike things Metaphor Metaphor Literal Literal Mood Mood Metonymy Metonymy #4. A word-for-word interpretation for what is written or said. Literal Literal Metonymy Metonymy Metaphor Metaphor Mood Mood #5. a writer’s use of hints or clues to indicate events that will occur later in the narrative. Flashback Flashback Foreshadowing Foreshadowing Figurative Language Figurative Language Foil Foil #6. a figure of speech that substitutes the name of a related object, person, or idea for the subject at hand. Metonymy Metonymy Metaphor Metaphor Mood Mood Literal Literal #7. words and phrases that create vivid experiences or a picture for the reader. Foreshadowing Foreshadowing Imagery Imagery Hyperbole Hyperbole Irony Irony #8. a character who provides a striking contrast to another character. Flashback Flashback Foreshadowing Foreshadowing Foil Foil Figurative Language Figurative Language #9. a writer says one thing, but means something entirely different. Verbal irony Verbal irony Dramatic irony Dramatic irony Situational irony Situational irony #10. an exaggeration for emphasis or humorous effect. Foreshadowing Foreshadowing Hyperbole Hyperbole Irony Irony Imagery Imagery #11. occurs when the reader knows information that the characters do not. Verbal irony Verbal irony Dramatic irony Dramatic irony Situational irony Situational irony #12. occurs when something happens that is entirely different from what is expected. Dramatic irony Dramatic irony Verbal irony Verbal irony Situational irony Situational irony #13. language employing figures of speech; language that cannot be taken literally or only literally. Foil Foil Foreshadowing Foreshadowing Flashback Flashback Figurative Language Figurative Language Finish